Portable foldable ironing board



June 3, 1952 z 2,599,399

PORTABLE FOLDABLE IRONING BOARD Filed April 2a, 1948 2 SHEETSSHEET 1 -9. a) g Q O (:4 2\ l- XE m I- L L g ,f

INVENTOR. ALPHA PERRY LANTZ BY WW June 3, 1952 A. P. LANTZ 2,599,399

PORTABLE FOLDABLE IRONING BOARD Filed April 28, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 9 9 I L4, I I 1 r H) o pi i w TO Q a 115 l4: L U: Ll.

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ALPHA PERRY LANTZ.

Patented June 3, 1952 PORTABLE FOLDABLE IRONING BOARD Alpha Perry Lantz, Washington, D. C.

Original application January 2, 1947, Serial No. 719,799. Divided and this application April 28, 1948, Serial No. 23,807

3 Claims.

This application is a division of application Serial No. 719,799, filed January 2, 1947 now Patent No. 2,558,141, dated June 26, 1951.

This invention relates to a portable foldable ironing board and has for its primary object the provision of such a board designed especially for ready carriage or transportation as a travel appurtenance, as in a suitcase or as a thin nested package, occupying practical minimum space when not in use, but capable of unfolding and extension in complete board length or for use in an ironing operation.

To these ends, the preferred embodiment of the invention comprises foldable related outer and inner sections or panels formed of stainless or rustproof metals such as aluminum, or plastics, flanged around the margins thereof to impart additional strength and rigidity, pivotally connected at their adjacent ends and having cooperative overlapping extensions to prevent folding movements of the sections under pressing operations, said overlapping extensions being relatively formed so that the upper faces thereof will present a continuous and flat ironing or operating face, the formation of the pivoting means being in the nature of pin and slot connections enabling the extending or contraction of said outer and inner sections of the board to engage or disengage the same and permit necessary adjustment of the said pin and slot connections.

Details and combinations of parts will be more definitely pointed out and understood from the specific description hereinafter contained, when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein said preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the ironing board with the sections unfolded or as they appear in ironing position.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan View of the same.

Figure 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 4-4 of Figure 3 looking to the left.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view similar to Figure 3, the sections of the board, in this Figure 5 being folded into nested position as when not in use.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein the same reference numerals designate like parts in the several views 8 and 9 are the main sections of the foldable ironing board, to-

gether presenting a contour approximating that of the usual single piece ironing board, the section 8 being the outer portion of the board and the section 9 the inner portion thereof, the outer section being pivotally related to the inner section 9 so that it may be folded under and nested with the section 9, aswill appearfrom additional description thereof;

The sections 9 and 9 are provided withdepending reinforcing fianges I0 and H along their sides. The inner section 9 has reinforcing flanges l3 and M at the ends thereof while the outer section 8 has a reinforcing flange .12 at its outer end. The flanges ill, of the outer section 8, are extended rearwardly to a substantial extent as at I5 (Figure 1) andfit against the reduced end portion ll; of the inner section 9 so that the exposed outer edges of the flanges I9 and H are flush and devoid of projections or surfaces that might catch in the fabrics or what-not in a suit case in which the folded board may be temporarily stored or placed when carrying the board from place-to-place.

Connecting the flanges l9 and II, of the sections 8 and 9 are headed pivots I1, fixed to be carried by the flange extensions l5 and slidably associated with elongated slots l8 in the flanges I I, through which the pivots I! pass, this formation being such as to enable the sections 8 and 9 of the board to be pulled apart longitudinally or contracted to an overlapping relationship with each other, for which purpose the section 9 has a depressed seat l9 across the outer end thereof so that the corresponding extended end portion 20, of the section 8, may be seated therein to insure that the combined upper surfaces of the sections 9 and 9 are flush, and jointly present a continuous smooth ironing face for the board when the sections are in unfolded or ironing state, and the pivots I! are at the inner ends of the slots [8. It is to be noted that the overlapping portions [9 and 20, of the meeting ends of the sections 9 and 9, will extend entirely across the sections transversely and for a substantial distance endwise of the board so that a strong, firm seating of the sections, is afforded in conjunction with the pivoting arrangement when the asmuch as the claims to this feature are retained in the parent case and no claim thereto is made herein, the illustrations hereof are confined to the divisible matter constituting the subject of this divisional case.

Iclaim:

1. A folding ironing board comprising inner and outer sections formed of sheet metal having depending side flanges, the side flanges of the inner section having at their engaging ends elongated slots extending lengthwise thereof, said side flanges of the outer section having projecting extension directed toward the inner section beyond the engaging end of the outer section and overlapping the flanges of the inner section, and depressed seat means associated with the engaging end of the inner section to support the outer section, said engaging end of the outer section overlappin the depressed seat means at the engaging end of the inner section, and means for pivotally connecting said sections together comprising pivot rivets positioned adjacent the ends of the projecting extensions and passing through the slots of the flanges of the inner section whereby said pivot rivets slide and rotate in said slots when the outer section is slid lengthwise of the inner section and said outer section free end swung downwardly and inwardly to folded position.

2. An ironing board comprising inner and outer sections formed of sheet metal having depending flanges, the side flanges of the inner section having inwardly depressed seat portions at their engaging ends, said inwardly depressed portions of the side flanges being provided with elongated slots extending lengthwise thereof, said side flanges of the outer section having projecting extensions directed toward the inner section beyond the engagin end of said outer section and said projecting side flanges and said engaging end of the outer section bein seated in the inwardly depressed seat portions, and depressed seat means associated with the inner section to support the outer section, and means for pivotally connecting said sections together comprising pivot rivets 4 positioned adjacent to the ends of the projecting extensions and passing through the slots of the inwardly depressed portions whereby said pivot rivets slide and rotate in the slots when the outer section is slid lengthwise of the inner section clearing the end of said inner section and said outer section free end swung downwardly and inwardly to folded position.

3. A folding ironing board comprising inner and outer sections formed of sheet metal and provided with depending flanges, the outer section having its engaging end overlapping the engaging end of the inner section to be supported thereby, the side flanges and the inner section having inwardly depressed seat portions at their engaging ends, said inwardly depressed portions of the side flanges being provided with elongated slots extending lengthwise thereof, said side flanges of the outer section having projecting extensions directed toward the inner section, beyond the engaging end of the outer section and said projecting side flanges and said engaging, inner end of the outer section being seated in the inwardly depressed seat portions, and means forpivotally connecting said sections together comprising pivot rivets positioned adjacent to the ends of the'projecting extensions and passing through the slots of the inwardly depressed portions whereby said pivot rivets slide and rotate in said slots when the outer section is slid lengthwise of the inner section clearing the end of said inner section and said outer section free end swung downwardly and inwardly to folded position.

ALPHA PERRY LANTZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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